Feng Shui And Emotional Response in the Critical Care Environment Study

NCT03265587 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 16/HRA/5855
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 408
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Objective: To assess whether the feng shui of critical care bed spaces affects the inner harmony of nursing staff Design: Prospective cohort study Setting: Doncaster critical care department Participants: Critical care nursing staff Main outcome measures: To assess self-reported chi scores and their response to feng shui, cake ingestion and ghost sightings

Conditions

Feng Shui

Keywords

Feng Shui; Inner harmony; Chi

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To measure the effects of feng shui on critical nursing staff inner harmony

  Each bed space orientation has a calculated bed space feng shui score. This will be used to predict how nursing staff feel at the end of their shift. Nursing staff will be given a questionnaire to voluntarily fill in asking them to rate 10 feelings. Nursing staff will have the option of rating each feeling from 0 to 10. The resulting nurse self assessment score will then be compared to the calculated bed space feng shui score.

  Nursing shifts last 12 hours - questionnaires will be voluntarily completed at the end of a shift. The trial will run over a 14 day period.

Study Arms (3)

Orientation 1

Nursing staff allocated to a bed space with orientation 1

Other: No intervention

Orientation 2

Nursing staff allocated to a bed space with orientation 2

Other: No intervention

Floater / Control group

Nursing staff not allocated to a bed space with an orientation.

Other: No intervention

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

No intervention

Floater / Control group; Orientation 1; Orientation 2

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Doncaster Royal Infirmary critical care nursing staff and health care assisants

You may qualify if:

• Critical care nursing staff volunteering for the study

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal to participate
• Critical care nursing staff assigned to non-study bed spaces
• Critical care nursing staff assigned to more than one bed spaces orientation per shift

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Doncaster And Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: lead

Related Links

• Definition of feng shui
• Information regarding feng shui
• Information regarding feng shui

Study Officials

• Robert Charles

  National Health Service, United Kingdom

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 23, 2017
• First Posted: August 29, 2017
• Study Start: January 6, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 19, 2017
• Study Completion: January 19, 2017
• Last Updated: July 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share